[I’m Xingxing, the acting account manager of @Meowmeow Woofwoof. I’m also the person in charge of Meow Woof Rescue Center. At the same time, I’m also the real-life friend of @LU Deer. In the past two years, he has made several donations to the rescue center using the account @LU Deer, with a total donation amount of 103,000 yuan]

[And the time he participated in the rescue is far longer than the past two years. It can also be said that he is a member of the rescue center. In high school, when he had no financial strength, he had already begun to participate in the rescue of stray cats and dogs]

[I have always believed that a person who can put himself in danger for small animals, a person who is willing to give warmth to wandering souls, cannot be a pervert who harrasses others]

[Some may ask why this matter is being clarified. I only now spoke up for this friend because @LU Deer told me not to get involved when this incident happened, so as not to affect the rescue work of the fur children. He didn’t want this incident to affect more people]

[And I am speaking out now because I want some naive and immature people to know what an innocent soul you are hurting. If you feel ashamed of this mistake, then congratulations, you can still be saved. Don’t be coerced by the trends. Keep your eyes open next time. To those who have no shame, I can only say:]

[The difference between people is greater than the distance between people and dogs. To compare you to a dog would be an insult to the dog. (Smile)]

Below this long text update were also several pictures, including records of donation receipts and location details, as well as comparisons of stray cats and dogs before and after they were rescued. There were also many photos of a boy with cats and dogs. Even though the photos were censored, it was still easy to see this boy gradually become taller and taller, growing from a thin boy to a slender young man.

In the comment area, the most favorable comments were listed at the top.

[Is he an angel sent from Woof Star and Meow Star?]

[Oh my god, I’ve seen this little brother in rescue videos, but the frontal shots were cut out. It turns out he’s been going through this recently. I feel so bad]

[@LU Deer, jiayou! The kitties are still waiting for you to come back~]

However, the style of the subsequent comments gradually changed.

[Fuck! My only concern is: his legs are so long! The one where he is fishing for a cat in the river! The legs are long and straight, ah!]

[LOL, who would have thought that I’d see what my wife looks like! Wife! I’m your dog!]

[Although I didn’t see my wife’s face, woof wooooooooooof! (sprinting) (flying) (doing splits on the spot to show determination) (dog head holding a rose) (wagging tail) (wagging tail) (beating up other puppies) (wagging tail with bruised nose and face)]

Lu Qi: ……

This was puppy-crazy language. He understood.

But he was still shocked every time he saw it.

“What are you looking at?” Mu Nanqiao’s faint voice came from behind. “Neighbor, ah, you said we would paint the wall together, but I’m painting while you’re sitting here being lazy? This isn’t very sincere, right?”

Lu Qi quickly got up from the steps and ran to Mu Nanqiao like a puppy. “Are you thirsty, Mu-shifu? Let me help rub your shoulders, Mu-shifu!”

It wasn’t that he wanted to be lazy, so he took a roller brush and painted a small area of the wall. As a result, the brushing was very uneven, deep and shallow, but Mu Nanqiao’s brushing was perfect and his movements were fast.

He really didn’t want to have Mu Nanqiao follow behind him to do it over, so he had no choice but to retreat to the corner in silence. Of course, he didn’t intend to make Mu-shifu work in vain. He planned to reward his neighbor with a meal at noon.

Thinking of this, he rubbed his nose guiltily, smearing the tip with a blotch of white dust. He raised his head and asked Mu Nanqiao: “Um…..you just paint the wall, and I’ll cook something delicious for you, okay? Do you have anything you don’t like?”

Mu Nanqiao glanced down at him.

He wore a small hat folded from a newspaper, his hair hidden neatly by it to expose his smooth forehead. Without the obstruction of the hair on his forehead, his straight nose and delicate features became more handsome and good-looking. The light in the corridor fell on his face as he smiled brightly.

Then that smile spread into Mu Nanqiao’s eyes little by little. He gave a soft hum to indicate his agreement to Lu Qi’s proposal, and said: “It’s fine no matter what it is.”

“That’s great!” Lu Qi patted the dust off his hands and turned around, walking into the apartment. “Then I’ll go get the ingredients ready. After you finish painting the wall, we can have lunch!”

He thought of something, turned around, and ran back. Standing on tiptoe, he raised his hands and took the paper hat off Mu Nanqiao’s head and replaced it with his own.

“Yours is going to break, take mine.”

His curly hair was pressed down by the brim of the hat, and Lu Qi worked hard to straighten it out on tiptoe. Mu Nanqiao couldn’t help but laugh out out, and lowered his head to make it easier for him.

There was a strand of curly hair that was particularly stubborn. It had been stuffed in several times and still stuck out from the brim of the hat. Lu Qi poked at it with a finger, and finally took a small strawberry hairpin from his pocket, clamping it onto the lock of hair.

Mu Nanqiao: ……

Where did he pull this strange and adorable gadget from?

As if he had seen his doubts, Lu Qi coughed: “It’s a small gift exchanged for supermarket points. I think it’s rather cute. Um, isn’t a boy taking this a little bit……”

“No.” Mu Nanqiao chuckled. “Cuteness has no gender distinction.”

Lu Qi’s eyes bent as he smiled, and the small pear dimple appeared on his cheek again. “Yes, it’s very cute. I use it to clip my hair in front when I wash my face. It works great.”

Mu Nanqiao thought for a moment about him holding the small strawberry, his cheeks dripping wet, and his Adam’s apple rolled. 

He kind of wanted to see it.

This thought came out of nowhere. When he returned to his senses, Lu Qi had already turned around and entered 501. His crisp voice still echoed in the corridor.

“I’m going to cook, jiayou!”

The wall was actually very easy to paint. Once the skill was mastered, you could brush quickly. Mu Nanqiao happened to be a veteran, having done this as a part-time job during summer vacation in high school.

Thus, when he had painted the entire wall, the meal was ready.

He sat in Lu Qi’s den once again. The apartment was so small that a dining room was naturally omitted. The small table was in the kitchen. The range hood was on, but there was no particularly strong smell of oil fumes. Lu Qi had wiped the white wall cabinets very clean, and they were spotless and shining under the sun.

Mu Nanqiao had gone home and took a shower to wash the dust and smell from his body, and waited at the dining table with wet hair.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to help, but the space was too small. If two young men with long arms and legs stood up and moved around, there would only be chaos.

He held his chin and looked at Lu Qi’s back. The blue apron was tied with a bow behind him and his waist was very slender.

Mu Nanqiao had realized his sexual orientation when he was a boy. However, he was too busy trying to survive at that time to bother with the matter in detail. Later, he was picked up by his parents and attended university abroad. There were also male classmates who showed interest in him, but he was busy with his studies and receiving psychological intervention at the same time, so he just found those overtures dull and boring.

It was only now, in this kitchen, that he truly felt that attraction. It was indeed heart-pounding.

He withdrew his gaze, and his slender fingers curled up and tightened.

“Are you hungry?” Lu Qi came over and put the plate on a cat head mat, tilting his head to look at Mu Nanqiao. “The way you were looking at the pot just now, you seemed really hungry.”

Mu Nanqiao wondered, did this little friend have eyes on the back of his head?

But what he was looking at just now wasn’t the pot.

He was calm and unruffled when facing Mu Group’s cunning old men, but now he was stunned by a pair of clear eyes, and could only conceal a smile and hum.

Cold potato slices, boiled cabbage heart, sweet and sour short ribs, fish head with tofu.

“I didn’t make soup because I didn’t have time.” Lu Qi removed his apron and sat opposite him. “You’re so skillful, and you paint so fast. Have you ever renovated a house yourself before?”

His eyes were bright, as if he really thought this was something great.

Mu Nanqiao served him food and found that Lu Qi was still holding the pair of azure porcelain bowls. He seemed to really like them.

He answered nonchalantly: “I did odd jobs during summer vacation. I couldn’t do it well in the beginning, and my pay was deducted a few times. After that, I made rapid progress.”

Lu Qi blinked. His excited tone of voice dropped at once, and he asked cautiously: “I heard that you were living with the Mu family at that time…..”

The Mu family was so rich, and could be considered a wealthy and distinguished family. How much could it cost to raise a child?

Mu Nanqiao understood what he didn’t say.

He rarely talked about his past with others. No one could empathize with another person’s experiences. When Mu Group’s young and promising general manager went out, countless people rushed to please him, and whenever he mentioned the dark past of his youth, it seemed like he was complaining for no reason.

It seemed that only the sentence “It’s all in the past” could reflect the indifference and calmness that someone with his identity should have.

Only Mu Nanqiao himself knew that his anger would be repaid, and he would make life difficult for them.

When he was silent, Lu Qi across from him fidgeted anxiously. His fingers were tangled under the table for a moment, and he practically tied himself into a knot.

“Let’s eat.” He changed the subject abruptly and gave Mu Nanqiao an anxious look, his eyes full of an apology for saying the wrong thing.

Like a little kitten that accidentally pushed a water glass off the table while playing. The white dust on his nose had not yet been wiped clean. He was still a tabby kitten.

Mu Nanqiao laughed and pulled out a wet wipe, handing it over. His beautiful fox eyes curved up. “Wipe your nose first.”

“Oh, oh.” Lu Qi took it with both hands and wiped randomly like a kitten washing his face.

Mu Nanqiao said lightly: “My mom is Russian. My grandfather didn’t agree to my dad being with her. He thought that mixed-race children were bastards, so I, a little bastard living at home, always got in his way. Of course, although I wasn’t given a lot of living expenses, I didn’t go hungry. After all, if I went out to meet people with a sallow complexion, I would still be a member of the Mu family…..”

Before he could finish his words, the little neighbor opposite had already served him a lot of vegetables. There was a hill piled up in his bowl, and the last piece of rib was teetering on top.

Mu Nanqiao: ……

He deftly picked up the rib.

Lu Qi had packed the rice in the bowl, and whispered: “Eat more. Eat more to make up for it.”

After thinking for a moment, he added: “I will never ask you to paint walls again.”

Mu Nanqiao: ……

He propped his elbows on the table and couldn’t help but laugh.

Lu Qi was even more at a loss. His face turned red, and he said softly: “I don’t know how to comfort people…..”

“I think the result is pretty good.” Mu Nanqiao stopped laughing, but his fox eyes were still curved. He lifted the wet hair from his forehead with his slender fingers and clamped it with Lu Qi’s strawberry hairpin. Then he picked up the sweet and sour pork rib and brought it to his mouth.

“I’ll eat. You’re right, I didn’t eat too many sweets before. I need to make up for it in the future.”

Lu Qi nodded like a chicken pecking rice: “En, en, en…..”

He served some food to Mu Nanqiao again, and the hill in the bowl finally collapsed under the load.

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